What does uproarious mean?
Word: Uproarious
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Uproarious means full of loud laughter and noise, or so funny that people laugh out loud.
Synonyms: hilarious
Antonyms: quiet
How do you spell uproarious?
Syllables: up - roar - i - ous
Tricky part: Pupils hear a short ror and leave out a letter, writing uprorious.
Watch out for: uprorious, uprourious
Memory tip: When a crowd laughs it lets out a roar, so keep the oar of roar in the middle of the word.
Uproarious in a sentence
Example 1: The school play turned into an uproarious comedy when the curtain fell early.
Example 2: Grandpa's uproarious laugh could be heard three houses away.
Example 3: We spent an uproarious evening playing charades with our cousins.
Fun Fact
Uproar has no link with a lion's roar. It came from Dutch, from a word for a rising up, and English speakers later bent its meaning towards loud noise, helped by the sound of it.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The visiting magician's final trick, in which the headmaster's spectacles vanished and reappeared inside a lemon, brought upproarious applause from every corner of the auditorium.
a) upproarious
b) applause
c) auditorium
d) spectacles
Show answer
a) upproarious. The noun inside it, uproar, starts with a single p.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters to find the word that fits the sentence:
The clown's slip on the banana skin drew oasirpuuro laughter from the back row.
a) uproarious
b) precarious
c) notorious
d) victorious
Show answer
a) uproarious. The jumble has two u's and a p, and only one option has both.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word uproarious as used in the sentence:
The family's uproarious lunch could be heard from the street.
a) rowdy
b) solemn
c) merry
d) boisterous
Show answer
b) solemn. A solemn meal is serious and hushed, the reverse of that lively table.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. uproarous 2. boisterous 3. witty 4. comical
a) so funny that a crowd shakes with mirth
b) clever and amusing with words
c) funny in a way that makes you smile
d) lively, noisy and full of energy
Show answer
a) so funny that a crowd shakes with mirth. The slip is in the ending: this word has an i before ous.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A review calls the new comedy uproarious. What will the audience probably do?
a) keep chuckling and clapping to the end
b) leave quietly during the first half
c) fall asleep before the second act
d) sit silently and take careful notes
Show answer
a) keep chuckling and clapping to the end
2. Complete the sentence sensibly: The film was so uproarious that ____.
a) my sides ached
b) I felt rather gloomy
c) I nearly fell asleep
d) I left the hall early
Show answer
a) my sides ached
